Tuesday, February 28, 2012

St. Joseph win again

25 February 2012, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: A sparkling unbeaten innings of 78 from Nilesh Kumar spurred St. Joseph College to their second victory in as many matches in the ongoing IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2012.

Batting first, Christ University posted 150/9 in the stipulated 25 overs with contributions from several batsmen. For St. Joseph, Marie (3/29) and Nilesh (3/28) picked up three-wicket hauls. 

St. Joseph were tottering at 33/4 in nine overs but Nilesh Kumar (78) scripted a stunning comeback with support from Johan (17). Ultimately, they reached the target with seven balls to spare.


Brief scores: (25-overs match)
Christ University - 150/9 in 25 overs
(Ashwin 33, Raju 29, Yash 26, Ashwin 1/26, Abhijit 1/17, Marie 3/29, Nilesh 3/28, Suhas 1/29)
St. Joseph College - 152/7 in 23.5 overs
(Nilesh 78*, Yash 3/32, Varun 2/16, Raju 1/34)


Result: St. Joseph College won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match: Nilesh Kumar

3 comments:

  1. Please add points table for easier understanding of the team standing..

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  2. @ Anonymous: Thanks for the feedback. The points table for IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2012 as on 26 Feb is available on http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.in/2012/03/iccc-points-table.html

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